canary
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Scientists compare the idea to a canary in a coal mine, because changes there may offer an efficient way to detect broader shifts in the climate regulating circulation.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Vibrant canary yellow and savoy blue jerseys that cut through even the grainiest television footage.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Honoring her great-grandfather Cole Grove with the canary metaphor of the former, both songs celebrate personal salvation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
The small-cap benchmark has been a canary in a coal mine ahead of U.S. recessions, but one also prone to dying of natural causes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
Tristran looked at the crimson and canary and russet cloth, at clothes which looked more like the costumes of traveling players or the contents of his cousin Joan's charades chest, and said, "My clothes?"
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
Or were they particularly fragile canaries in an epidemiological coal mine?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
"People consider riverflies to be the canaries of the our water courses - if they are not there, then something is wrong," she explained.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
Doji candles in January and May 2018 served as canaries in the coal mine, guiding investors to anticipate a large drawdown.
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
When it comes to signs of economic disruption, logistics companies are the canaries in the coal mine.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2025
In a short time he filled not only his own house but all of those in the village with troupials, canaries, bee eaters, and redbreasts.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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